A Splendid Old Sergeant Was Going To The Front With Four Soldiers,
Whom I Knew Were Men To Be Trusted, Each One With Rifle, Bayonet, And
Belt Full Of Cartridges, And Then I Saw That Some Of The Plans For
That Day's Trip Had Not Been Told To Me.
The men were placed in front
of everyone, four abreast, and Faye at once told the thieves that
under
No conditions must one ever get in front of the advance guard.
How they must have hated it all - four drilled soldiers in front of
them and a sharpshooter back of them, and all the time treated by Faye
as honored guests!
There were four men at the rear of the wagons, and the posting of
these rear and advance guards, and placing men on either side of the
wagons, had been done without one order from Faye, so my dismounting
must have been the signal for the sergeant to carry out the orders
Faye had given him the night before. Not by one turn of the head did
those outlaws show that they noticed those changes.
In that way we crossed the range. We met a dozen or more men of the
very roughest type, each one heavily armed. They were in parties of
two and three, and Faye thinks that a signal was passed between one of
them and the "pal." But there was no attack as had been predicted!
What might have taken place, however, if Faye had not been prepared,
no one can tell.
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